Jesse Jackson Jr. had some cash flow problems

posted at 11:31 am on February 16, 2013 by Jazz Shaw

It seems like I can still remember back when Jesse Jackson Jr. disappeared for long stretches of time to seek treatment for debilitating health issues, becoming a sympathetic figure on the Left. Ah, good times, good times. Ed brought us up to date a couple of weeks ago, after it became obvious that there was quite a bit more to the story and that Jackson was heading for some serious legal problems. Well, now the tale is just about fully written and the details may come as a shock even to those who suspected the worst. The former congressman and his wife were dipping into the cash contributed by their supporters at a hefty pace, funding a lifestyle which was “way beyond their means” and the expected penalty is going to be high.

Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) will plead guilty to conspiring with his wife to illegally spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses, including a $43,000 Rolex watch, fur coats and memorabilia associated with Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Bruce Lee, according to information obtained by POLITICO.

The charges against him include conspiracy, making false statements, and mail and wire fraud…

Prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence of between 46 months and 57 months for Jackson Jr., as well as a fine of $10,000 to $100,000, and forfeiture of a yet-to-be-determined portion of the misspent $750,000 in campaign funds.

I’m not sure if Jackson really is suffering from some sort of mental illness or it was all a dodge to put up a smoke screen around an investigation that he knew was closing in on him. But either way, this isn’t going to turn into one of those cases of money getting lost in transfer or a misunderstanding of the campaign finance laws and what constitutes legitimate campaign expenditures. The details being released by the prosecutors are pretty graphic.

In one instance there was a completely bogus charge for “billboard expenses” transferred to his wife’s business and then almost immediately moved to their personal account to pay down credit card charges. Others ranged from, “airplane tickets, booze and cigars to groceries.” It would be difficult to argue that anyone seriously thought those were legal expenditures for a political campaign unless your campaign manager was Billy Carter.

But if there’s any plus side to all of this, the people of his district have probably learned a valuable lesson, and will quickly move to elect a fiscally conservative Republican with a sold background in financial management who will ….

He will be forgiven and honored…he is a hero, and hero’s can make mistakes if they are liberal heroes…in fact liberal heroes are even more honored if they make mistakes because they overcome them, where conservatives succumb to mistakes and forever are tarnished.

In just the last decade Chicago has given Illinois two ex-governors who ended up in federal prison, the last two governors. And now a US Congressman and probably his wife.

Chicago has also given us Dear Leader.

The ones who were caught were the stupid ones and/or the ones who PO’d too many others and got hung out to dry. Blago wasn’t too bright and neither was Junior. The sheer audacity they exhibited, assuming they could get away with it, tells you all you to know about how politicians operate in Chicago, in Illinois, and now almost certainly in the WH.

Prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence of between 46 months and 57 months for Jackson Jr., as well as a fine of $10,000 to $100,000, and forfeiture of a yet-to-be-determined portion of the misspent $750,000 in campaign funds.

Under the bus you go. Typical thieving scumbag Chicago Democrat pols. There should be a special cell block in an Illinois hoosegow for you.

The problem is that if this happened, these scheming money-grubbing felons would join forces, connive their way out of prison, and figure out a way to keep stealing from the public. They’d find a way to carve it into a political district.

This story is having major repercussions in Chicago. This is the biggest public black eye ever delivered to the kisser of this loud town loudest loud mouth, Jesse Jackson Sr., father of Jesse Jr.! It is also a major embarrassment to Jackson and his reputation that his kid screwed up this bad…….and got caught in the process!

The voters of Chicago re-elected him even though he was in the nut house for months and the charges of misappropriating campaign funds were already known. So, I doubt that him going to prison will lower him in their eyes.

If you follow local Chicago news, what passes for leadership in the black community on Chicago’s South Side is terrified that their next representative will be — (looks around and leans in to whisper) WHITE!!!

I think Debbie Halvorson is the only serious white candidate, which leaves the black vote with the possibility of being split about 10 different ways.

Bloomberg’s PAC has been supporting former state rep Robin Kelly, who has been running on an anti-NRA platform.

And then there’s former Congressman Mel “Love Me Some Catholic Schoolgirls!” Reynolds, who went to jail for diddling an underage campaign worker.

Liberals are looking the other way as yet another Democrat senator openly engaged in vote-buying for a wealthy donor who hooked him up with private jet rides to the Dominican Republic to screw underage girls in contravention of the child sex-trafficking law that he helped to write.

Are they really going to care about Jesse Jackson, Jr. just helping himself to what’s rightfully his?

This sends a very powerful signal to Jesse Senior that he’s not going to go all legacy like the real Ruling classers (the Bushes/Rockefellers/Kennedys).

PappyD61 on February 16, 2013 at 12:01 PM

Daddy is disappointed in Junior. He should have been smart enough to establish his own church and collect the funds he wanted to spend on a new Rolex and such that way. Instead of collecting them as campaign donations.

Meh. Anyone who donated to his campaign is an idiot anyway, Jackson didn’t need any money to win he just needed the name. And they won’t care that he stole it, he’s from a liberal royal family so it’s okay.

Leave Jackson alone, arrest the morons who reelected him, it’ll do the world more good.

Prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence of between 46 months and 57 months for Jackson Jr., as well as a fine of $10,000 to $100,000, and forfeiture of a yet-to-be-determined portion of the misspent $750,000 in campaign funds.

Well, I had a cash problem too, so I took a job cleaning offices at night for two years until I solved it. These freeloading politicians think they are above personal responsibilty. Parasites in society always do.

The voters of Chicago re-elected him even though he was in the nut house for months and the charges of misappropriating campaign funds were already known. So, I doubt that him going to prison will lower him in their eyes.

Blake on February 16, 2013 at 11:51 AM

Exactly. That’s the problem in this country. The guy was as corrupt as they come and as dumb as a doorknob and still, they voted him in. I’d say it was unbelievable, except that there were very few if any reasons to have reelected the current president, yet…

Prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence of between 46 months and 57 months for Jackson Jr., as well as a fine of $10,000 to $100,000, and forfeiture of a yet-to-be-determined portion of the misspent $750,000 in campaign funds.

Even if he doesn’t get a PP, he’ll get time off for good behavior and either land a 6-figure salaried job and/or get re-elected to public office.

It’s gotten to the point where it’s really not worth the time and energy to report government corruption, especially where Dems are concerned. The LSM will ignore or downplay it, and folks you tell about this will think you’re being a bi-partisan Chicken Little-and probably a racist to boot.

Even if he doesn’t get a PP, he’ll get time off for good behavior and either land a 6-figure salaried job and/or get re-elected to public office.

It’s gotten to the point where it’s really not worth the time and energy to report government corruption, especially where Dems are concerned. The LSM will ignore or downplay it, and folks you tell about this will think you’re being a bi-partisan Chicken Little-and probably a racist to boot.

Dr. ZhivBlago on February 16, 2013 at 1:36 PM

When I heard speculation from reputable sources that he might only be sentenced to 1-2 years and get out in about 6-9 months. I almost punched something.

You need an accurate Rolex watch to ensure that campaign funds are not wasted by late or missed appointments. As for the memorabilia, this is to celebrate and illustrate black history month. The Bruce Lee thing was a special Asian-Outreach program.

A mink cashmere cape, Bruce Lee memorabilia, a Michael Jackson fedora and an Eddie Van Halen guitar are among property listed in a federal criminal complaint filed Friday against former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Jackson Jr. was charged with spending $750,000 in campaign money on personal expenses.

The document lists a “football signed by American presidents” worth $5,000, thousands of dollars’ worth of Martin Luther King Jr. memorabilia and four items purchased from a California furrier on the same day in 2009 for a total of $5,000. They included a mink cape and parka.

The complaint states the property is subject to forfeiture if Jackson is convicted of conspiracy.

Jimi Hendrix memorabilia and Malcolm X memorabilia also are listed as subject to forfeiture.

And I’m stuck here for 2.5 more years (at least) a conservative swimming upstream against $4 gas (Obama’s new normal) crappy toll-roads, 9.5% sales tax and $80 for an annual city sticker with nothing, absolutely nothing, to show for it.

Oh, and I didn’t get to enjoy the 2% payroll tax “cut” for the last two years since my corrupt legislators jacked up state taxes 2% at midnight before the new legislature was to be sworn in. Disgusting DEM sheeple will continue to re-elect scummy “representatives” to get them some of ‘dat Obama money, fo’sure /whine

He’s a crook but he’s our crook idea is not new. If one looks at our country’s history we can see in past that immigrant communities, once they took power, acted in a similar way to accept illegal actions by “their people” as we now see in the inner cities and in some major cities, as in Detroit. Unfortunately for the cities and their people, modern political crooks do not at the same time improve the cities as was done in the past; they now seem to be all “me” people. Sadly, the modern voter believes promises over substance even when it is presented by crooks.

JJ is going to end up on Oprah crying us a river about his mental illness and how it made him do bad things, like steal campaign money to buy furs, Rolexes and Michael Jackson memorabilia. He has a disease people – it wasn’t his fault. The devil made him do it. He’s changed and he wants to tell the world his story (for a book deal and lecture fees).

But if there’s any plus side to all of this, the people of his district have probably learned a valuable lesson, and will quickly move to elect a fiscally conservative Republican with a sold background in financial management who will ….

BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Sorry… almost injured myself laughing there.

Well done. I live in the district and am surrounded by nice people who are socially and politically retarded and no doubt voted for this corrupt piece of garbage Marxist.